[OE-core] [PATCH] runqemu-export-rootfs: don't change RPC ports

Cody P Schafer dev at codyps.com
Thu Jun 1 22:17:26 UTC 2017


On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 1:02 PM, Mark Hatle <mark.hatle at windriver.com> wrote:

>
> The rpcbind runs on a privileged port (usually).  So either you have to 're-use'
> the system wide on or run your own.  On many environments, with a system wide
> one, you will clash if someone else is offering the same services.  So you are
> forced to run your own and/or register then with a different set of port numbers.
>
> This is absolutely needed in a multi-user or 'locked system' configuration where
> the user does not have permission to run these types of things.

unfsd does not include rpcbind, it optionally uses the system's rpcbind.

In the runqemu-export-rootfs case, unfsd does not use any rpcbind at all.

Still not seeing anything that would require runqemu-export-rootfs to
use custom rpc program numbers.



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